glidewort

[Eng. glide, and wort.] Bot.: A labiate plant, Galeopsis tetrahit. glid-Ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [GLIDE, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: I. Ord. Lang.: The act of moving gently and smoothly. II. Anat .: A term applied to the kind of movement in which the surfaces of adjacent bones are displaced without any accompanying angular or rotatory motion. Example, the advance and retreat of the lower jaw. ( Quain .) glid-Ing-ly, adv . [Eng. gliding : -ly.] In a gliding manner; smoothly, easily, gently. "The light seemed glidingly to mount the wall."C. Bronte: Jane Eyre, ch. xxvii. *gliff, v . t . & i. [GLIFF, s.] A. Trans .: To affright, to alarm. B. In trans.: To feel a sudden fear; to be seized with a panic. "The god man, glufte with that gla e." E. Eng. Allit. Poems; Cleanne , 849. glift, s. [Etym. doubtful; cf. Dan. glippe = to blink.] 1. A glimpse; a short time. "I will sit wi' you a gliff in the evening mysell, man." Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. xliv. 2. A fright; a sudden fear; a panic. *glike, s. [GLEEK.] A sneer, a scoff; a flout, a gibe. "Where's the bastard's braves, and Charles his glikes ?" Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . I. , iii. 2. glim, glime, v. i. [Etym. doubtful.] To look askance or slily, as from the corner of the eye.